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• Albertine Sabine Rhemrev, Cheribon († 1921)
• Albert Joseph Smith, Toronto,York County,Ontario,Canada
• Alvin C. Peck, Pennsylvania († 1964)
• Alida Margaretha Peters, Oosterbeek
• Adolph Alberic CASTELEIN, Wakken († 1978)
• Anna Wilhelmina Bertha TERHORST, Terborg, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 1898)
• Alida Stoffers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adriana Gertruda Feenstra, Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Aartje Wilhelmina Gravendeel, Klaaswaal,Zuid Holland,Netherlands († 1973)
• Aleida Gezina Klok, Hijkersmilde (Smilde), Drenthe, Nederland

• Cornelis De Graaf (83), Hooge en lage zwaluwe
• Cornelius Knotnerus (70), Eexta
• Cornelis Knotnerus (75), Eexta Scheemda
• Alida Margaretha Velzel (66), Steenwijk
• Adrianus Schröder (0), Amsterdam
• Trijntje Oost (0), Nieuweroord
• Cornelius Antonius Hilhorst (0), Baarn
• Bernardo Benancio Damian (1), Aruba
• Andries Alberts Gort (76), Tiel
• Charles KELLER (0), Lièpvre, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

• 1896 » Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician († 1990)
• 1897 » Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea († 1990)
• 1898 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1900 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom († 1970)
• 1901 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 1972)
• 1901 » Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet († 1985)
• 1901 » Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader († 1972)
• 1901 » Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam († 1987)

• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Petronella
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on August 26, 1898 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.